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Farrell v. Lewarn

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Sep 25, 2000
275 A.D.2d 760 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

Argued June 9, 2000

September 25, 2000.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries and wrongful death, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Davis, J.), dated August 5, 1999, which denied her motion pursuant to CPLR 4404, inter alia, to set aside a jury verdict in favor of the defendant as against the weight of the evidence and inconsistent.

Purcell Ingrao, P.C., Mineola, N.Y. (Patrick J. Purcell and Anthony Marino of counsel), for appellant.

Fogarty Fogarty, P.C., Mineola, N.Y. (Patrick J. Fogarty of counsel), for respondents.

Before: LAWRENCE J. BRACKEN, J.P., FRED T. SANTUCCI, SONDRA MILLER, SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court properly denied the plaintiff's motion to set aside the verdict as against the weight of the evidence because it was based upon a fair interpretation of the evidence (see, Haim v. Castro, 272 A.D.2d 574 [2d Dept., Apr. 4, 2000]). Additionally, under the circumstances of this case, the jury's finding that the defendants were negligent but that this negligence was not a proximate cause of the accident was not inconsistent (see, Campbell v. Crimi, 267 A.D.2d 343).

The plaintiff's remaining contention is without merit.


Summaries of

Farrell v. Lewarn

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Sep 25, 2000
275 A.D.2d 760 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Farrell v. Lewarn

Case Details

Full title:MICHAEL P. FARRELL, ETC., APPELLANT, v. STEVEN M. LEWARN, ET AL.…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Sep 25, 2000

Citations

275 A.D.2d 760 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
714 N.Y.S.2d 232

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